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As the months go by, there isn’t a lot of change in my daily routine, in regards to my Invisalign treatment. So, I have decided to write my blog every two months now, as I should have a little more to talk about.

I will be very honest and admit that I have started to slack with the amount of times I use the ‘chewies’ throughout the day and probably allow myself more tea and coffee in the mornings than I did when I first started the treatment.

This hasn’t affected my treatment, as the slip ups are only minor, but I have noticed that the trays will feel tighter for longer, in comparison to when I was being very good with my trays. As I noticed the trays felt tighter than before, this really spurred me on to be extremely thorough with them once again.

Teeth whitening should only be performed by a dentist or regulated dental professional, such as a dental hygienist or dental therapist, on the prescription of a dentist. At CrownWood Dental, all clinical options are explained to our patients before we start a teeth whitening treatment.

Home Teeth Whitening Kit

Over time, teeth become stained by food and drink. Smoking further stains teeth, resulting in the natural white shade becoming darkened.

Teeth whitening is a successful and simple method of lightening the colour of your teeth. A custom made mouth tray is created. A whitening gel is placed in the tray which is worn while you sleep, or for short periods during the day. Results are normally seen over a 2-week period.

Zoom chairside whitening whitens up to 6 shades in an hour.

The Philips Zoom Chairside procedure consists of 4 x 15 minutes with an added pH booster application that is applied to the teeth before the Philips Zoom whitening gel.

The chairside treatment is then used in conjunction with Zoom DayWhite or NiteWhite for patients to continue whitening at home.

For those who like the convenience of whitening while they sleep, there is NiteWhite; for patients who prefer a shorter wear-time we would recommend our DayWhite Take-Home treatment.

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Being well into month 3, with Invisalign, I have really started to notice results and movement, which is truly encouraging. I am now on tray number 10, soon to be onto 11, and have found that these last few trays have had the most noticeable changes; however, this has meant that I have felt the tightness/mild ache has slightly increased with the new trays.

In the beginning of my treatment, the feeling of a new tray being tight would only last around half the day, whereas now it could take up to two days.

The ache is really manageable and hasn’t affected my day to day life whatsoever, so the slightly firmer feeling has actually been nice for me, as it has meant my teeth are moving.

Whether you are changing your trays weekly or fortnightly, you are aiming for your trays to feel slightly loose before you change to the next one. If they still feel tight by the end of the week/fortnight, continue to wear your trays until they sit flush against your teeth.

Not following this closely, could prolong your treatment.

Chewie’s are the best thing to keep your trays in place and to keep them flush with your teeth.

I am well into my Invisalign treatment now and getting on really well with it. I feel like I have got myself into a really good routine with it all, which has really helped with my progress. To achieve the best results, you need to be wearing your retainers all the time, apart from when you are eating and drinking hot liquids. I have found that cleaning my retainers while I’m having my dinner is the best time to do this. I just fill a mug with hot water from the tap, pop in a retainer, a brite tablet and leave my retainers to soak while I eat. Don’t forget to give them a thorough rinse before you put them back in as they won’t taste very nice afterwards.

As a reminder, the reason I’m having this treatment done, is to correct my class three bite (in other words my lower jaw sits further forward). Because of this, during my Invisalign treatment, I need to use elastics to slowly bring my lower jaw back. During my next appointment Dr Wong reviewed my progress and attached some buttons to my very back upper molars, this is so the elastics have something to hook onto. Then my lower retainers have little hooks towards the front of my lower teeth, to create that motion of pulling my lower jaw back.

Not everyone will be using elastics during their treatment, but if you are, persevere with them as they are a little bit fiddly to put on. I now have a technique of putting them round my index finger and my thumb and holding them in place of the buttons and hooks and let the elastics roll off my fingers and into place, but you will just have to practice and persevere with them yourself.